After the breakthrough success of their 1995 number one hit single “Name” (From A Boy Named Goo) the Goo Goo Dolls hit the Alternative Rock music scene even harder with their successful album “Dizzy Up The Girl”. “Dizzy Up The Girl” was a true piece of the 90’s, producing number one hits “Iris” and “Slide”, and other hits “Black Balloon” “Bullet Proof” and “All Eyes On Me”. Not only did the album (and the way the band packaged themselves and the album) capture the spirit of the 90’s, the video “Dizzy” brought the acid trip and unbelievably cool song to life…with awesome style. Their biggest song to date “Iris” came from this album, and it is the longest charting number one single in Billboard Hot 100 Airplay history with 18 weeks in the number one spot. The song “Black Balloon” starts with a sad yet uplifting tune, leading into and amazing acoustic song with such passion. “Bullet Proof” (one of the more “hard rock” songs on the record) serves up grungy and high cranking guitar with amazing sounding vocals on the chorus (a distinctive echo to John Rzeznik’s voice). If you are a major fan of music from the 90’s, this is an album that you should have in your collection. 9 out of 10.

Not the biggest Nirvana fan but I acknowledge them, Smashing pumpkins very good also, RATM's debut is awesome, Feeder are an underrated band, Weezer are pretty good, Supergrass are superb, Foo Fighters, Pulp, Mercury Rev and Ocean Colour Scene are also worthy of a mention. It was very hard to choose, I tried to pick some less well known stuff but had to put things that a lot of others put as I just couldn't create a list without OK COmputer, for example. As for the 80s, I can't be bothered doing a list as it would read something like: The Smiths, The Smiths, The Smiths, The Smiths, you get the idea. ;)

grunge ruled this era, or so i wished it did. i purposely left out all the shitty pop stuff (such as Michael Jackson), all those female artists that seemed to grow so profoundly in this era (although sheryl crow was not that bad...alanis does suck), all rap, (snoop dogg and dre, tupac, they all suck), and any nu metal/metal (like Metallica, Korn, etc.) bands that also deserved to be recognized are Alice and Chains, Tool, Green Day, Rancid, and Temple of the Dog.

REM, Blind Melon, and another Chili Peppers album just missed, along with Boston, Mettalica, and much more goooood shit

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